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China Launches Lunar Probe
A Long March 3C rocket carrying the Chang'e-2 probe, which will go into orbit within 15 kilometres (nine miles) of the moon, blasts off from the launch centre in Xichang in the southwestern province of Sichuan on October 1, 2010. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Who Are the Decans?
The Decans are ancient gods of Egyptian culture, considered “Those who hold up the World”.
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Polar bear Walker goes to the dentist
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Weddell Sea
The Weddell Sea is bordered by the bay which is formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula. Most of the south part of the sea is freezed, Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, till the Elephant Island.
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Asian-Americans face significant challenges to getting their education, says a new report out from the National Commission on Asian-American and Pacific Islander Research in Education. And the study has got everyone from experts to students talking, because the findings fly in the face of conventional wisdom about Asia... | web |
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PETA's campaign states that beer is healthier than milk.Reuters
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed a new law requiring health insurance companies to protect client health information by encrypting the data. The law applies to any insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, or health maintenance organization au... | web |
Why Do Lizards Do Push-Ups?
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Lizards work out for the same reason a guy at the gym might: as a display of strength. And with lizards, as can be the case with men, the push-ups also mean "get out of my territory."
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Who Will Own Our Future Robot Overlords?
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Japan tests Venus probe engine
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Tokyo - Japan on Thursday said it had successfully test-fired the engine of its "Akatsuki" space probe, in preparation for a renewed attempt to get it into orbit around Venus in 2015.
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For the young Presidency of Barack Obama, and for the nation, this hellish summer of discontent started in balmy spring, on the evening of April 20th, forty miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. At first, after the explosion aboard the giant oil rig Deepwater Horizon, the rig’s operator, BP, estimated th... | web |
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Artists this past decade have taken a long view on the state of the environment, linking the current debate surrounding climate change to broader political, ethical, and spiritual concerns. Employing art as a means to address human ecology—how mankind relates to the environment—artists have tackled subjects as varied... | web |
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The rotten egg stench of sewer gas, or hydrogen sulfide, usually smells of death for plants. However, a flubbed experiment found that the toxic gas also can be a potent fertilizer.
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Indian-origin scientist chosen for UN`s highest environmental award
An Indian-origin scientist, who proved how cutting emissions of "black carbon" or soot can significantly lessen the impact of climate change, has been selected for the United Nation`s top environmental award.
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congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
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Helping Son with Maths Makes Judith Bliss $Millions!
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New political situation created in Armenia
This autumn, forces united by a strive to switch the government have entered the political life of Armenia. The opposition quartet is making radical demands again. Dashnaktsutyun left the quartet but it was replaced by the People’s Party of Armenia (PPA) head... | web |
Mexico’s mercurial Popocatépetl volcano records 70 emissions in 24 hour period
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Is there any more primal curiosity than the desire to know how the Universe began? Cosmologists devote their lives to piecing that puzzle together, but the evidence they have to work with -- the remaining traces of those early hundreds of thousands of years (to say nothing of the early minutes or seconds) -- is scant: ... | web |
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The Data "Big Bang": Integrating Your Systems to Fully Benefit from the Big Data Phenomenon
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It's Official: Flying Squid Can Actually Fly (Not Just Jump)
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The Nintendo 3DS is pretty great. A solid enough 3D screen with no goofy glasses. We need more stuff like that if 3D is going to take over our living room. And MIT agrees, but they think they got an even better way to push out glasses-free 3D.
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I have a young friend who, I think, will never eat another banana without thinking a great deal about its history.
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If you're looking for a good Central American mystery to wrap your mind around for the season, look no further than the tale of the Mitchell-Hodges crystal skull, a mystifying artifact actually uncovered in Belize. But similar skulls have been discovered at ruin sites across Mexico, though not nearly as artfully crafte... | web |
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Nonfiction Monday - Born to Be Giants
I have a nine year old son who is crazy about dinosaurs and has a stack of books to prove it. Did he really need another title to add his library? After reading and rereading Born to Be Giants: How Baby Dinosaurs Grew to Rule the World, the answer is an unequ... | web |
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Nigerian Online Scams: What You Should Know About Them
The Nigerian scam or Advance Fee scam is a type of fraud and a form of a confidence trick. advance-fee fraud. It is similar to other scams like the Detroit - Buffalo scam, Spanish Prisoner Scam, etc. The Nigerian Advance Fee scam is popularly called "419" (Four-O... | web |
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Historical records mention only one woman who fought in the Civil War for the Union and the Confederacy: Sarah Malinda Pritchard Blalock. She fought for the Confederacy disguised as a man and then later fought for the Union as a woman guerrilla and raider.
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America's moral compass needle should be steady at NNE
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What can your spit tell you about your DNA?
From Spit to SNP: The Basic Process
Unlike at-home pregnancy testing, which delivers results to the user as she watches, at-home genetic testing isn't so simple or home-based. You do get to provide the sample at home, but everything else r... | web |
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